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re: Fluffing your lie

Posted on 8/7/23 at 2:41 pm to
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 8/7/23 at 2:41 pm to
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I play them down. It’s has definitely made me a better ball striker, and even hitting out of a divot is easier than it used to be. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck to end up there so I get why people bump it. But if I do that, how will I ever learn to hit an approach out of a divot?


I've played golf for 25 years now, A LOT of golf. Played competitively for quite some time too. If I had to guess, easily over 1,000 rounds of golf. That I can remember, I don't think my ball has ever landed in a divot off the tee. Maybe it has. But it's pretty much a non issue. But somehow you're landing in divots on a regular basis? That's some bad luck.


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But if I do that, how will I ever learn to hit an approach out of a divot?


The range.
Posted by yallallcrazy
Member since Oct 2007
763 posts
Posted on 8/7/23 at 6:10 pm to
I’ve played for almost 50 yrs.

I’ve been in a real, deep, inarguable divot probably 3 times. Each time I played from there. Some decent results some less.

I’m not quite sure where most of your statement is coming from, though. I never said it happens very often. I was giving the original post, about a drive in fairway being expected to provide a certain lie, the benefit of the doubt. I’d like to think bumping the ball was done if it’s in something pretty significant. If it’s simply because there’s slightly less grass than you like or slightly more and you just want the absolute perfect lie according to your individual preferences, then by all means roll the ball. I’ve said repeatedly I don’t care. Hell, I’d even play you in a money game and allow it. Well, a reasonable one anyway lol. I’ve never said anything like ‘it’s not golf’ etc.

But in that case, the comment should just be that you prefer to roll your ball and tee it up. If it’s not being rolled out
if seriously bad lies all that’s being done teeing the ball up. To me, hitting every shot from a lie that perfectly matches a golfer’s own particular tastes is a bit extreme.

Bump it, don’t bump it, it doesn’t really bother me one way or another what someone else does. I’m just trying to present another view, which happens to be mine, that a drive in the fairway isn’t necessarily expected to result in perfection.

Tight lies, fluffy, lies, they are all fine with me. Mainly because I play off of all of them regularly.

It doesn’t seem like playing the ball down should be some kind of extreme position, especially combined with the statement that others can do as they wish. ?????

Posted by NaturalBeam
Member since Sep 2007
14534 posts
Posted on 8/7/23 at 8:06 pm to
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That I can remember, I don't think my ball has ever landed in a divot off the tee. Maybe it has. But it's pretty much a non issue.
Agreed. Yet this extremely remote possibility has been the justification for multiple people in this thread to play the ball up at all times
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